[Distutils] Another conversation starter - pip documentation in the Python docs

[Marcus Smith]

although some of the uses could be argued as needing "Project"
e.g "Package documentation is hosted on its own domain"

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Marcus Smith <qwcode at gmail.com> wrote:

> no reason not to change "Package" to "Distribution" now, right?
> this (http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html) already uses the
> "Distribution" word.
> which means changing sentences like  "There are currently 32660 packages
> here." to "There are currently 32660 distributions here."
> and the main table listing would use the word "Distribution"
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 14, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Marcus Smith <qwcode at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Donald:
>> thoughts on changing our use of "Package" on pypi to "Distribution"?
>> (except for the title of course)
>> If we're not going to do that, we should explain and bless the double use
>> of "Package" and drop using "Distribution" in any docs.
>> Our fundamental concepts shouldn't be confusing and conflicted.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Marcus Smith <qwcode at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> BTW, I'm sick and tired of agonising every time I use the word
>>>> "package" over whether I should be "correct" and use "distribution". Can
>>>> the guide just come right out and bless the occasionally-ambiguous but
>>>> commonly-used dual nature of the word "package"? If not, can people start
>>>> actually *using* "distribution" consistently for what pip downloads and
>>>> installs, so I can find a few more examples for me to copy when I end up
>>>> with awkward phrases like "distributing your distribution"...? (You'd never
>>>> believe English was my native language, would you? :-))
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hear you.  I feel the same agony.  It think we should use the word
>>> "Distribution", but it's hard to compete when PyPI uses "Package".
>>> Nick, what do we do?   :  )
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>>
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>> PyPI will eventually move to using the definitions as defined in PEP426
>> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0426/#supporting-definitions .
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